BOOK LAUNCH EVENT "Being a Woman Surgeon - Sixty Women Share Their Stories" edited by: Dr. Preeti R. John Critical Care Surgeon, Baltimore VA Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine May 29, 2015 5:30-7:30pm BEING A WOMAN SURGEON SMC Campus Center, Rm 349 Sixty Women Share 621 W. Lombard Street Their Stories Parking is available in the Pratt Street Garage at the corner of Pratt and Penn. The following speakers will share their experiences as women in the field of Surgery and talk about their contributions to this book: Nia Banks - Plastic Surgeon, Beaux Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery, Maryland Barbara Bass - Chair of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Helen Cappuccino - Surgical Oncologist, University of Buffalo / Roswell Park Cancer Institute Jeannie Chun - Pediatric Surgeon, UMMC Fatima Khambaty - Minimally Invasive Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente ‘Adriana Laser -Vascular Surgery Fellow, UMMC _ Refreshments and Hors D'oeuvres will be served! Minerva Romero - Surgery Resident, Supported by Women in Medicine and Science, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the Office of Women in Science and Medicine Imani Jackson Rosario - Urologist, Rutgers ‘Johns Hoptins Untverty University, New Brunswick, NJ Sheri Slezak - Chief of Plastic Surgery, UMMC. ~~ Martha Zeiger - Professor of Surgery, Associate (ll UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND. Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs, Johns Hopkins Hospital NX SCHOOL OF MEDICINE